Doctors Store Blood Plasma For Emergency
Large scale collection of blood plasma by the American Red Cross for the navy and army tests a nationwide hospital plasma bank network. Dr Charles R Drew notes dried and liquid plasma stores aid civilians in disasters and military needs, with New York City as the collection point and Philadelphia laboratories processing dried plasma.
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New York
N. Y
American Red Cross
United States Navy
Army
Charles R. Drew
The
Blood Transfusion Association
National Defense
New York City
Drew
Philadelphia
Presbyterian Hospital
Westinghouse
Times Appliance Company
Consumer Income Rise Indicates Strong Economic Momentum
L. G. Elliott, president of LaSalle Extension University, notes rising consumer incomes and higher retail trade across the nation. Expanded purchasing power supports farm dairy milk and dairy product prices at four year highs with dairy income expected to reach a decade peak, while exports of war materials remain strong though agricultural exports stay small.
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L. G. Elliott
LaSalle Extension University
Combatting Color Comics and a World War II Farm Outlook
Parents and educators push back against color comic magazines seen as harmful to children and back a substitute from Parents' Magazine called True Comics featuring historical figures like Simon Bolivar George Rogers Clark and Winston Churchill. The article notes growing numbers of titles and 10 million copies sold monthly. It also references farm price support expectations for 1941 with good crop prospects and similar acreage projected, and government payments forecast to remain steady.
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New York
Simon Bolivar
George Rogers Clark
Winston Churchill
Mickey Rooney
Shirley Temple
Woman Railroader Marks Fifty Years Of Active Service
Katherine Loretta Connell of Omaha marks fifty years with Union Pacific, believed to be the oldest woman in continuous service on the line. She began as a freight car mileage clerk earning 35 a month and rose to assistant bureau head in the auditor of equipment service accounts office.
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Katherine Loretta Connell
Union Pacific Railroad
Omaha
Neb
Statistical Bureau
Union Pacific
Katherine
Pat
Miss Connell
Wickard Plans to Include Farm Products in Lend Lease
Washington report explains Secretary Wickard’s plan to loan or lease U S farm products to Britain under the lend lease program. It notes protein shipments would predominate with some cotton wheat and tobacco, plus steps to boost domestic consumption of farm goods.
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WNU
National Press
Washington, D. C
Washington
White House
Wickard
Britain
England
Australia
New Zealand
New York
Department of Agriculture
United States
Electrically Cleaned Air for New 75-ton Machine
Akron Pho reports Ohio Edison supplies continuous cleaned air for a new 75 ton electrical machine. The ventilating air meets the normal breathing requirements of 50 000 ions and keeps dust and dirt out of the windings of a synchronous condenser that regulates voltage and current on power lines.
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Akron
Pho
Ohio Edison Company
Bloodstone Powers Labeled Miraculous by Ancient Legends
Natural History magazine reports that ancient legends credit the March birthstone bloodstone or jasper with miraculous powers. Claims include calming dictators, stopping nosebleeds, and that the wearer will be believed regardless of truth.
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New Yorke
Natural History Magazine
Roosevelt approves wire tapping and Capitol security changes
On the same day President Roosevelt endorsed wire tapping by Justice Department operatives amid sabotage fears, Capitol guards were replaced by police and entry packages and cameras are checked at entrances. The national defense panel notes soldiers eat about 40 percent more than civilians and many draftees are rejected for army service due to diet-related deficiencies.
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Washington
White House
Secret Service
Roosevelt
Congress
General Marshall
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Hawaii
Department of Justice
Capitol
National Defense Advisory Commission
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Western Newspaper Union
Presbyterian Blood Bank
National Research Council
Navy
Army and
Public Health Administration
Katherine L. Cammell
Enal
Lowell Meliett
Bloodstone
Bankhage
Daniel F. O’brien
Huneral
Massachusetts Avenue
Hancock
Cambridge
Harvard Bazar
Edward J. Donahue
Massachusetts Ave
Ola
Carver
Boston
Boylston St
DEV
Mr. Business Man
Joseph F. Higgins
Camb
Maorgr Electricians Association
Chas. H. Fisher & CO
Brookline Street
J. Frank Facey
Prospect Street
Clark
Tel Tru
A. Anastas
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